VIKKI PATIS

Vikki Patis is a bestselling author of psychological suspense. Return to Blackwater House was published in March 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton and became a bestseller on Amazon. She is currently working on another gothic suspense novel.

She also writes historical fiction as Victoria Hawthorne. Her first historical suspense novel, The House at Helygen, was published in April 2022 by Quercus and later became a bestseller. The Darkest Night is out now!

Vikki has also written articles for numerous publications. After being diagnosed with Perthes disease as a child, and fibromyalgia and coeliac disease as an adult, she tries to raise awareness of living with a chronic illness through her writing, and includes a diverse range of characters in her fiction. She was a judge for the inaugural ADCI Literary Prize, launched by the Society of Authors in 2022.

Vikki lives in Scotland with her wife, two wild golden retrievers, and an even wilder cat.